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Men build hedge to keep in the moonlight. (Cf. J1904.2.)

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · Shadow mistaken for substance. · view the constellation · filed as J1796.1

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  • EnglandBaughman.
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Filed under Moonlight thought to be substance.

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The pent cuckoo. Fools build an enclosure to keep in the cuckoo. She flies over the hedge. They say that they have not built the hedge high enough

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